Copp v. United States

USCA1 Opinion






[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 93-1666

RAYMOND H. COPP, JR.,

Petitioner, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent, Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

[Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, U.S. District Judge]
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Before

Selya, Circuit Judge,
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Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,
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and Cyr, Circuit Judge.
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Alfred D. Ellis and Cherwin & Glickman on brief for
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appellant.
Michael L. Paup, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Gary R.
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Allen, Charles E. Brookhart, and Sally J. Schornstheimer,
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Attorneys, Tax Division, and Peter E. Papps, United States
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Attorney, on brief for the United States.

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November 24, 1993
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Per Curiam. We have carefully reviewed the record in
Per Curiam.
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this matter and find that the order appealed from is proper in

all respects. Moreover, because the appeal presents no

substantial question of fact or law, and seems likely to have

been interposed primarily for purposes of delay, we summarily

affirm, grounding our affirmance on the reasons elucidated at

length in the district court's rescript and in our earlier

opinion resolving a companion dispute between the same parties.

See Copp v. United States, 968 F.2d 1435 (1st Cir. 1992), cert.
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denied, 113 S. Ct. 1257 (1993). We add only that, insofar as
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appellant attempts to invoke the attorney-client privilege, he

seeks to shield too much, too soon, on too exiguous an

evidentiary showing. See, e.g., United States v. Wilson, 798
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F.2d 509, 512-13 (1st Cir. 1986) (describing requisite showing);

cf. United States v. Allee, 888 F.2d 208, 212 (1st Cir. 1989)
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(discussing analogous problem in connection with Fifth Amendment

privilege). We need go no further.





Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. Mandate shall
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. Mandate shall
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issue forthwith.
issue forthwith.
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